No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?

This is what war does. Right here, in my hands. This is war.

You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less

That's another thing about Noise. Everything that's ever happened to you just keeps right on talking, for ever and ever.

A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.

Faith with proof is no faith at all.

... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.